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a metropolitan county of central England, administered since 1986 by the unitary authorities of Wolverhampton, Walsall, Dudley, Sandwell, Birmingham, Solihull, and Coventry. Area: 899 sq km (347 sq miles)
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West′ Mid′lands,
- Place Namesa metropolitan county in central England. 2,777,500;
347 sq. mi. (899 sq. km).
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'West Midlands' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Aldridge-Brownhills
- Birmingham
- Coventry
- Dudley
- Halesowen
- Midlands
- Sandwell
- Smethwick
- Solihull
- Staffordshire
- Stourbridge
- Sutton Coldfield
- Walsall
- Warley
- Warwickshire
- West Bromwich
- Wolverhampton